Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes. I under exposed each time -5. Once I made 32 exposures on the one frame that added up to the correct exposure. I am sure someone who is better at math can explain the why of it better than I can. Harrison McClary http://www.mcclary.net Sent from my iPhone On Dec 22, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > Harrison, > > Does that mean when you exposed the same frame 32 times each > exposure was 5 stops underexposed? > > Len > > > On Dec 22, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Harrison McClary wrote: > >> Getting the exposure really is very easy once you understand it. >> Each >> f-stop or shutter speed change is a full stop, each stop is exactly >> twice as much or 1/2 the amount of light. If doing multiples you >> have >> to remember to underexpose correctly for he number of multiples so: >> >> 2x is one stop under >> 4x is 2 stops under >> 8x is 3 stops under >> 16x is 4 stops under >> 32x is 5 stops under >> 64x is 6 stops under and so on. >> >> Did I explain it well? >> >> >> >> Christopher Birchenhall wrote: >>> Harrison >>> >>> Can I ask a silly question? How did you calculate the exposure? >>> >>> Chris B >>> >> >> >> -- >> Harrison McClary >> Harrison McClary Photography >> harrison@mcclary.net >> http://www.mcclary.net >> ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography >> http://www.imagestocksouth.com >> Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: >> http://www.mcclary.net/blog >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information